Weed-cutter.



K. KLAFFERT.

WEED CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.26, l9l7- RENEWED JUNE 2!, I918.-

Patented Sept. 10,1918.

WIT/V588 I '1 f1? n I KATIE KLAFFER'I', OF EL PASO, TEXAS.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 10, 1918.

Application filed September 26, 1917, Serial No. 193,316. Renewed June 21, 1918. Serial No. 241,290.

The V notch forms two teeth 11 in the blade.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, KATIE KLAFFERT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of El Paso, in the county of El Paso and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved W'eed-Cutter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrlptlon.

My invention relates to weeding tools. An object of the invention is to provlde a simple, light and inexpensive tool which can be handled easily by women working in gardens and fields, particularly for cutting sand burs and cockle burs.

With the above and other objects in View,

the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement. of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a weed cutter embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of. same; and Fig.' 3 is a plan view of the blank befor it is shaped into the tool.

Referring to the drawings, the blank 4 has the shape of a T, the stem 5 of which is rolled to form a tube for receiving the end of a handle stick 6. The shoulders 7 of the blank are provided with rearwardly-directed flanges 8 formed by bending the u per edges of said shoulders back, as ind cated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. These flanges 8 serve as pedals for the feet to facilitate the forcing of the tool into the ground. These shoulders 7 merge into a central blade 9 which has a V notch 10 alining with the stem.

The blade with the teeth extends forwardly and obliquely of the flanges to facilitate the penetration and the manipulation of the tool. The edges of the teeth 11 are sharp, the sharpening extending midway to the ends of the shoulders 7. If desired, the

'cutting edges of the teeth may be extended to the end of the shoulders.

The two teeth give an easy entrance of the tool into the ground and, therefore, little initial eifort is necessary to drive the tool. into the ground, as is the case generally shoulders of the T, said blade having a V notch alining with the stem.

2. A weeding tool in the shape of a T, the stem of which is tubular. rearwardly-directed flanges at the shoulder edges at each side of the stem, and a pair of teeth extending from the shoulders in a direction opposite from the stem, said teeth extending forwardly and obliquely from the flanges.

3. A weeding tool in the shape of an in verted T having a tubular stem, rearwardlydirected flanges at the shoulder edges of the T and on each side of the stem, and a pair of teeth extending from the shoulders in a direction opposite from the stem, said teeth .forming therebetween a V notch alining with the stem, said shoulders and teeth extending forwardly and obliquely of the flanges.

MRS. KATIE KLAFFERT. 

